pet show
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Strong Bad enters The Cheat in a pet show against Marzipan, Pom Pom and the King of Town
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, The Cheat, Strong Mad, Strong Sad, The Announcer, Pom Pom, Trivia Time, The King of Town, Marzipan, Old-Timey Strong Bad (Easter Egg), The Sneak (Easter Egg)
Places: Computer Room, Strong Mad's Room, Strong Bad's Laundry Room, Strong Bad's Basement, Gymnasium
Computer: Lappy 486
Date: Monday, February 4, 2008
Running Time: 3:44
Page Title: Lappy 486
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: Continue to roast your Strong Bad email until it reaches an internal temperature of 189. {brings up the email}
subject:pet showHaihai Strong Bad
Have you ever thought of entering The Cheat in a pet show?
Have fun,
Sarah, QLD
{reads QLD as "Quick, Look Down"}
STRONG BAD: Look down?
{cut to Homestar kneeling at Strong Bad's feet}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ahhhh...
STRONG BAD: {Strong Bad kicks Homestar away} Braugh! {cut back to the Lappy} Whoa! Thanks for warning, Sarah. Homestar is always trying to give the old relish foot. {typing} Have I ever entered The Cheat in a pet show? The Cheat? No. But I have entered Saberlord's Scritchascratch Cakemonger The Cheat in plenty! That's his show name acourse. Oh yeah, The Cheat's got papers. He's won Best in Sheen four years in a row!
{cut to Strong Bad and Strong Mad rubbing The Cheat with glazed doughnuts}
STRONG BAD: Sit still! There's three dozen more where that came from. Last year was way too close a race. This year we need a secret weapon. Strong Mad, hand me the Bavarian Cream!
THE CHEAT: {sighs}
{cut to Strong Sad brushing The Cheat in the laundry room}
STRONG SAD: And I told him, if you want to show up thirty minutes late, {The Cheat responds} he can find someone else. Because my time is valuable. Mm-hmm. I'm takin' these night classes, gonna get an education... {The Cheat responds. Strong Sad holds up a mirror} Does the back look okay?
{cut to Strong Bad's basement. Strong Bad and The Cheat are on the couch, with Strong Mad looking over the back.}
STRONG BAD: With a rusty fork and a guitar string. Good response! Me too, actually. All right, what if they ask you about the world situation?
THE CHEAT: Meh.
STRONG BAD: "Meh"! Classic! That'll really knock 'em dead. {cut to closeup of Strong Bad} Especially that stodgy old Madam Bodewell. That lady has it in for us. {back to the three on the couch} Just because you peed on her dress that one time.
STRONG MAD: I'M SORRY.
{cut to gold plated Cat Mess trophy with bags of Cat Mess along the side}
ANNOUNCER: Welcome back to the Cat Mess Inbredtational Pet Show, {fade into the gym where the contest is taking place, panning along the table} where the hotly contest Best In Sheen competition is just getting underway! {camera stops on Marzipan and Homestar}
HOMESTAR: Oh, man, Marzipan. We're going to clean house this year. {two-shot} We're going to clean apartment! We're going to clean dorm room. We're going to clean time share! {Marzipan puts a leash on Homestar}
{cut Strong Bad and The Cheat}
STRONG BAD: All right, The Cheat. This is going to be a piece of cake for you. This is going to be a piece of pie! This is gonna be a piece of cobbler! This gonna be a piece of novelty dessert pizza! Now get out there and do your thing! {The Cheat dashes off}
{montage of The Cheat: The Cheat puts a drop of Puke Drops into Mme. Bodewell's water; distracts Pom Pom with a pinup girl and then he breaks Trivia Time; gnaws on The King Of Town's low fat grill's power cord; dances with a sign that says "Dance Competition?"}
{a wipe with the Pet Show logo reveals Pom Pom and a repaired Trivia Time}
ANNOUNCER: And now, for the judges' scores! Pom Pom and Trivia Time: 3.5! Good GPA, terrible pet show score. {wipe with the Pet Show logo to The King Of Town} The King Of Town and an As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device: Not suppose to be here!
THE KING OF TOWN: I told you you'd never amount to anything! I'm not even your real father!
{wipe with the Pet Show logo to Homestar Runner on his knees with a leash}
ANNOUNCER: And Fluffle's Buffles Scruffle's Truffles Homestar Runner!
HOMESTAR: My friends call me Scruffle's.
ANNOUNCER: 8.5! {wipe with Pet Show logo to Strong Bad and The Cheat} And Saberlord's {unintelligible} The Cheat: Disqualified for flagrant use of relish foot!
{cut to Strong Bad's feet}
STRONG BAD: What?
ANNOUNCER: Scruffle's wins!
{cut back to Strong Bad and The Cheat, Homestar enters from the left with the leash still on and hold in the trophy}
HOMESTAR: Well, well, Strong Bad. Looks like you finally got a taste of your own medicine. Taste of your own potion. Taste of your own elixir! Taste of your own— {The Cheat throws an object at Homestar and he falls down}
{cut back to the Lappy}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Don't worry, we're currently appealing the decision of the judges. We're also currently a-peeling {pull back to a wider shot with The Cheat peeling in a pile of potatoes} POTATOES! {Strong Bad jumps into the pile and a banner and confetti comes down}
{The New Paper comes down and the screen darkens}
{after a short pause}
STRONG BAD: Hey, The Cheat. Do you think we successfully glossed over the fact we lost the competition?
THE CHEAT: {affirmative The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Man, is there anything that potatoes can't do?
Easter Eggs
- After the final bit of dialog, click on the floppy disk container to see Strong Bad's other interpretations of QLD
- At the end, click on Strong Bad's legs to see Sir Strong Bad and The Sneak's pet show.
- OLD TIMEY STRONG BAD: Yesss. Good show The Sneak! You've got more infectious diseases than any other vermin here!
Fun Facts
Explanations
- QLD is the abbreviation for Queensland in Australia.
- The Cheat having "papers" means that he has proof of being a purebred.
- The pet show seems to be a cross between Miss America contest and American Kennel Club National Championship.
- The long names given to The Cheat and Homestar are commonly given to show animals as a way of showing lineage and distinguish them as unique animals.
- Relishfoot is a play on hotfoot.
- "Inbredtational" could be a reference to the fact that many purebred animals are the product of selective breeding within a single family line.
- The object that the cheat uses to break Trivia Time is the front 1/3 of an obscure electronic spaceship toy sold in the late 70's. There is a long tail section that could be removed with a variety of spaceship parts that could be reconfigured. Seen here is the cockpit of the toy with it's two flashing "laser's" in the front. One of the toy's best features was the sound box inside the cockpit which generated an engine sound and the pitch would increased or decreased depending on if you pointed the spaceship up or down. I don't know what this toy was called though but I remember it fondly.
Goofs
- "Unintelligible" during The Cheat's score announcement is misspelled "Unitntelligible"
Inside References
- Cat Mess previously appeared in lady fan.
- Strongbad's reference to a temperature of 189 happens to match the number of this sbemail, #189.
Real World References
- Strong Bad's final line is a play on Homer Simpson's quote, "Donuts! Is there anything they can't do?"" from "Marge vs. the Monorail".
External Links
- watch "pet show"
- watch "pet show" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "pet show"
- forum thread re: "pet show"
